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The port has already begun deepening and widening its shipping channels, but the federal dollars will help ensure the project stays on time for completion in 2024.
It might seem odd that the port is selling off this sort of equipment now. It’s been expanding its two other container facilities, and two years ago welcomed four towering cranes to Virginia International Gateway to efficiently handle growing capacity.
The group has been reviewing data on city demographics, hiring practices and police policies to start a conversation with city officials on race, equity and diversity.
With enough capacity to carry 16,022 containers, the container ship is breaking size records along the East Coast this week. It first stopped in New York on Thursday before sailing down to Virginia.
Tree cover has been on the decline in part due to development, trees getting old and dying and homeowners cutting them down over fears of falling on the house.